We decided at the last minute to leave Friday night at 9 p.m. and drive as far as St. George. That way we would have a head start on the trip to Rosarito. Of course the car was packed tightly and off we went. We arrived in St. George about 1:30. We didn’t unpack anything, just went in and flopped on our beds and slept until about 9:00 Saturday morning. We cleaned up, piled back in the car, made a couple stops and were on our way again.
We always shop at the Las Vegas outlets and stop again at the Primm outlets. Then when we get to the border we run in Costco to buy necessities that we may have a hard time getting in Mexico. We laughed when we piled in the car after Costco. I think this is the fullest this car has ever been. The picture doesn’t really do it justice because it doesn’t show everything piled and stacked between our feet and legs both front and back! You will also notice that we can’t even see out the back window! Scarey picture of my eye, don’t you think. I’m sure the look was “how are we ever going to shut the doors!”
Ron took the picture below from outside the car.
We crossed the border into Mexico without any incident. Sometimes they will pull you over just to (I think) harass you but thank goodness we didn’t get pulled over and they didn’t go through our stuff or open the back hatch. That could have been disaster! Something like opening up Dagwood’s closet!
Saturday we just relaxed, sunned, played bridge, read books, sewed, took naps and just enjoyed not having a schedule to go anywhere or do anything. Sunday morning we went to sacrament meeting. How wonderful it is that our church is world wide and no matter where you go you can find saints gathered together to partake of the sacrament. Of course we don’t understand anything that is going on but we do get bits and pieces of the talks and prayers. After the meeting we went to our usual taco place for a little Sunday brunch and then home to relax and enjoy the Sabbath. Oh yes, Tucker, another great picture of dad relaxing!!
Judy invited some friends of theirs over for dinner that evening. One of those kind of ‘fellowshipping’ dinners. We had an enjoyable evening with them. Their names are Jack and Judy. Don’t know their last names. He is a preacher of a non-denominational flock. They start out with coffee and doughnuts and then he gives a 20 minute sermon and they are done. Believe it or not Judy is the same age as Judy and I. Quite a difference, don’t you think?
Monday and Tuesday we golfed and had a wonderful time together. Golfing is about $35.00 each for 18 holes and a cart. Pretty cheap. The first picture is Neal and Ron studying their hits on a three par. Just for the record Judy and I both pared this hole and Ron and Neal Boggied it. Of course we always have to stop for a light lunch of Nachos and a Cola LIght as the natives call it. When we got to the golf course we realized that they were having a tournament so they had us join them and I won $10.00 for closest to the hole on a three par.
This picture is how the Mexicans cook their meat and peppers. It is best not to look at sanitation issues when eating there. You just have to enjoy the ambiance and pray the coke you are drinking kills all the germs you may be eating! You don’t want to worry about how long the meat has been sitting out!
The next few days were filled with getting our feet done, golfing more, and street shopping. We bought some really fun stuff for the yard. The third and fourth pictures are of the laundry that was hanging out and around the pots. The lady informed us that it was laundry day. I took a picture but made sure she wasn’t watching. I didn’t want to embarrass her but this is something you would never see in the states! Notice she had actually put some of her laundry in one of the pots to be sold. I guess you use the resources you have available.
One evening we went to a Mexican festival. It was interesting and very lively. The Mexicans know how to throw a party. Of course, we are the odd couples out because we don’t drink. One of the ladies at our table turned to another lady and said, “They aren’t drinking” and the other lady said, “I think they are Mormons, they don’t drink.” Interesting to me that they figured that out just because we weren’t drinking. They didn’t know we heard them. I’m sure they thought we were a bit strange to not get loaded!
Our last day of golf was on Friday. Neal was going after some balls and fell in the muddy water. Ron got into some stinging nettle and they found a rattle snake all coiled up on the 18 hole! Judy and I didn’t get to see it so no picture.
This last picture is of Judy’s golf ball. She was hitting to the green and when we got up there we saw that she had landed in the center of the garden hose on the golf course. We had a good laugh over that. She couldn’t do that again if she tried. It was a great shot. She was out 150 yards and was right to the edge of the green where the hose had been left by a worker.
Our trip home was uneventful. With our Sentry Passes it only took us 10 minutes to get across the border! No longer do we have those three hour waits! We, of course, shopped all the way home. We had a wonderful trip and a memorable one. Always nice to be home!
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